{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-11-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 33-11-8","heading":"Determination of personal representative’s claim.","body":"If a personal representative shall present a claim which he or she had against the decedent in his or her lifetime, the probate court shall examine and determine the claim. If there is a co-executor or co-administrator, he or she may be permitted to represent the estate at the hearing in the discretion of the probate court; otherwise, the probate court may appoint some disinterested person to represent the estate.","path":["Title 33 Probate Practice and Procedure","Chapter 11 Claims Against Decedents’ Estates"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE33/33-11/33-11-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:58:35Z","sha256":"f96c06417c48858cc5788aa5fe9eedea840ab07f63a0db33ef42af729ecd0445","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-11-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-33-11-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}